Reply To: Another article in the Star…and more ignorant comments, and some sensible ones

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I read this article the other day and, while I feel sorry for her and I ‘m glad she is better now,  wondered if we were talking about the same ADHD. I know it presents differently for females than males, so maybe I’m missing something here?

My first thought was “Well, we all feel like this when there is a significant emotional event”. Does that make it an automatic ADHD diagnosis in this case? She didn’t have a sense of her life derailing prior to this. Did her doctor (what credentials do they have to accurately make this diagnosis?) do any of the background research to find if she even had this as a child? Where’s the evidence?

I could think of few other conditions that mimic ADHD, such as anxiety for example, and was this investigated? Responding to stimulant medication will for for just about anybody.

And, of course, she writing a book about her experience.

Not a very well written article, I think. Kinda a “fluff” piece, really. But it’s this kind of journalism that just adds to the pool of the skepticism about ADHD because it reinforces the idea that everyone has ADHD at some point in there lives, so why does that make ADHD a disorder?

Anyone else feel this way?

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